{"product_id":"the-bridge-1526-paperback","title":"The Bridge 1526 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDerek McDonald\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe bridge remembers what the island would rather forget.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1506, Paganton Island is torn from the mainland by storm, sea and earthquake. Thousands survive upon the severed land, scattered among remote farms, mountain settlements and fishing villages. To restore the road home, six elders begin building a bridge across the three-mile channel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen six women are accused of witchcraft.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCondemned above the unfinished span, they speak a curse that will haunt the island for centuries: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEvery hundred years, one man must be given to the bridge-or death, disease and famine will come for them all.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGenerations pass. The island prospers, decays and rebuilds, but the old superstitions never disappear. White threads are tied beneath sleeves. Children are warned not to answer knocks beneath the floor. Travellers who attempt to leave cross the bridge-only to arrive back where they began.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd beneath the Old Stone, the Order keeps the Book of Shadows.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIts pages can alter memory, command obedience and erase the truth. Tyrants rise through its power. Families vanish from its records. The sacrifice continues, hidden beneath ceremony and law, while the bridge preserves the names of those the Book has tried to make the island forget.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow another reckoning is drawing near.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe surviving bloodlines are being called home. The Book is opening by itself. The water beneath the bridge has begun to move against the tide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd somewhere below the ancient piles, six women are waiting to be remembered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE BRIDGE - 1526\u003c\/strong\u003e is an atmospheric gothic folk-horror novel of witchcraft, tyranny, buried history and inherited guilt. It is the first instalment in a haunting trilogy, followed by \u003cstrong\u003eSIX BENEATH THE BRIDGE\u003c\/strong\u003e and concluding with \u003cstrong\u003eTHE HUNDREDTH TIDE\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 31, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67923636781363,"sku":"9798237970449","price":31.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/IE5_FFVlWg9798237970449.webp?v=1793825456","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-bridge-1526-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}